Boy and sleeping girl by candlelight
(Garçon et dormeuse à la chandelle)
1934; printed 1939
plate 26 from The Vollard Suite 1930–37
Medium
etching, scraper, engraving and aquatint
Measurements
23.7 × 29.8 cm (plate) 34.2 × 44.9 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1969
© Pablo Picasso/Sussession Pablo Picasso. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Geiser/Baer 440.B.d; Bloch 226
Edition
edition of 260, 3rd of 3 states
Printing/Publishing
printed by Roger Lacourière, Paris; published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Picasso (underlined)
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 385
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: 39 (in a circle) / 9208
Accession Number
P28-1969
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
bedrooms candles nudity repose (activity) sleeping youth (people)